Dairygold Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Dairygold Co-Operative Society Ltd
Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited (Dairygold), is a leading Irish farmer owned Dairy, Nutritionals and Agri Co-Operative, generating a turnover of c. 1.4bn Euro and employing 1,300 people across its business activities in Ireland, UK, Mainland EU, and Asia.
Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited is now pleased to invite applications for the position of Site Quality Lead Cheddar - at our main Headquarters in Mitchelstown Co.Cork.
The Site Quality Lead Cheddar is responsible for driving and maintaining best practice quality and food safety standards for the Cheddar plant. They will co-ordinate all the activities of the site with the quality team and liaise with the wider site team to define and meet customer and regulatory standards, compliance and quality KPIs through communication & coaching of our internal customers. The Cheddar Site Quality Lead has overall responsibility within the site team to manage food safety, authenticity, legality and quality.
Responsibilities for the following areas:
Customer:
* Owner of Quality Management and Food Safety System
* Site point of contact for customer visits and audits (including internal audits)
* Develop and manage relationships with key strategic customers.
* Manage all aspects of Product grading and release.
* Quality voice for product development and innovation (Stage Gate & Spec review)
* Assign and complete investigations into customer issues/improvements.
* Responsible for developing the food safety plan and re-analysis of the plan. Food Safety & HACCP Team Leader.
* Developing the site’s food defence plan conducting a vulnerability assessment, identifying mitigation strategies and conducting a re-analysis of the plan. Food Defence & HACCP Team Leader.
Communication:
* Report and drive Quality performance on a daily, weekly and monthly basis at the relevant forums and report to Head of Quality and Site Manager.
Compliance:
* Drive and measure close out of technical issues, NCs, CAPAs, Supplier issues, Hygiene, Documentation, Pest Control.
Certification:
* Maintain BRCGS, FSSC, HALAL, Kosher certification and DAFM standards.
* Manage and continuously improve the Quality Management System for the site.
Quality Culture & Coaching:
* Develop and instil Food Safety behaviours across the site.
People:
* Coach, develop, train and upskill employees to enhance knowledge and understanding.
* Assign and develop team members through relevant projects, problem solving events and meetings.
* Food safety is your responsibility.
We want to hear from you if you have:
* Minimum 3 years experience in Quality Management in Dairy, Food, Pharma, or equivalent sector.
* Excellent people skills are essential.
* Strong interpersonal & communication skills.
* Be a team player.
* Performance driven with a proven ability to work on own initiative.
* A positive, can-do, resilient and flexible attitude.
* Good writing and coaching skills.
* Self-motivated with a drive to meet targets and achieve results.
* Well-developed problem-solving skills to resolve issues in a timely manner.
* Innovative and solution orientated individual.
* Proven track record of strong organisational skills, and ability to prioritise tasks.
* Advanced IT Skills.
What Dairygold will offer you:
* Be a part of Our Strategy Our Future 2030 which through significant investment in the appropriate infrastructure across the business has and continues to facilitate our growth ambitions.
* We offer our people an exciting and challenging career, with a supportive community of colleagues, and constant training and up-skilling opportunities. You will be working on exciting projects with exceptionally talented colleagues and teams.
* We offer competitive wage opportunities alongside our annual bonus scheme.
* We have a competitive company pension scheme.
* We offer contributions towards healthcare.
* We offer an Employee Assistance Program should any employee ever need support. Employee wellbeing initiatives are extremely important aspect for our co-operatives success.
* By supporting and inspiring our workers, we empower them to explore and discover their true potential.
* We recognise the need for a favourable work life balance.
* Paid family leave.
* We pride ourselves on our culture and values. We work hard but we like to have some fun along the way too driven by our Sports and Social club.
* At Dairygold we are always focused on continuous improvement and innovation. All our colleagues are empowered to share new ideas.
* Zero Harm employee Safety initiatives.
Dairygold is committed to a work environment that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion and creates an open culture where everyone feels valued and can be themselves.
Dairygold believes that embracing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace benefits the organisation. Every employee brings their own experiences, background, work styles, capabilities and personal characteristics to work and Dairygold aims to create an environment that encourages a culture of Bring your whole self to work.
Dairygold is an inclusive employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for potential and existing employees with a disability. Should you wish to request a reasonable accommodation, please email aedinmcnamara@dairygold.ie
Please get in touch to start your rewarding journey with Dairygold today.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Science, Management, and Manufacturing
* Industries: Manufacturing and Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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